Always Quote by Leonard Cohen

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be…

— Christine McVie

I write songs every day, but only a few of them get finished.

— Kevin Parker

Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less.

— Taylor Swift

I'm always working on multiple songs at a time.

— Wayne Static

I've had songs that were spread out over a number of years, and I've written some in ten minutes, and everything in between.

— Mark Lanegan

I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them…

— Johnny Cash

I'm a very slow songwriter; it takes me sometimes years to write one song, if I ever finish.

— Michael McDonald

I have tried to write songs quickly that get scrapped. I've also taken a long time on songs that get scrapped because you can…

— Boots Riley

When I start working on a batch of tunes - like roughly 10 solid tunes - I always know there'll be another 10 to…

— Ryan Adams

I don't really write songs anymore.

— Justin Vernon

I swear I have at least one good song idea a day. But if I don't get pen to paper in ten seconds, it's…

— Cary Ann Hearst

I do a lot of editing and switching around and putting little pieces together to get the right mood and personality, and it takes…

— Matt Berninger